Redefining misanthropy for a fresh generation. Standard posts begin with a definition from Ambrose Bierce's The Devil's Dictionary followed by a modern adjustment. Miscellany on Wednesday and storytelling on Saturday.
Saturday, June 27, 2009
The Reformation of Wolfshausen
Teil Sechs-und-Zwanzig
To hear this week's episode read by Nessa, click on the piglets.
Or sit in the cottage to read this week's episode.
another episode in the tale of surprise introductions. Nessa, how wonderful that you got to introduce Herr Ditmärchen....you just gotta love that snouty little berry stealer.
thank you for this little porcupine anecdote....it was squiggly!!!!
'Twas an evening in October, I'll confess I wasn't sober, I was carting home a load with manly pride, When my feet began to stutter and I fell into the gutter, And a pig came up and lay down by my side. Then I lay there in the gutter and my heart was all a-flutter, Till a lady, passing by, did chance to say: "You can tell a man that boozes by the company he chooses," Then the pig got up and slowly walked away.
Thanks, Actonbell, I have hope for the pair in subsequent sections.
Never heard of them, TLP, but I just became a fan.
Thanks, Quilly. I'm trying to keep up with it, honest.
Pigs are people, Cooper, and people are pork.
Haha, JD. I did, too. And wildberry custard sounds great, but the fictional version isn't very filling and I have no idea where to find the real thing.
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another episode in the tale of surprise introductions. Nessa, how wonderful that you got to introduce Herr Ditmärchen....you just gotta love that snouty little berry stealer.
thank you for this little porcupine anecdote....it was squiggly!!!!
those pigs look like cousins of the evil chipmunks which inhabit the walls of my house.
Very descriptive writing. I could almost smell it.
Thank you Nessa for your reading. Nicely done.
was never a dream of mine
to own/care for a pig
though enjoy bacon
peace
Ha, Minka. Squiggliness is the standard.
Caution, Saurkraut, chipmunks die like bad guys in movie westerns, it's cute enough to make their murderer repent.
Thanks, TLP.
Bear, I think Churchill said that cats look down on you, dogs look up to you, but a pig will stand beside you as a friend.
Pig's version:
'Twas an evening in October, I'll confess I wasn't sober,
I was carting home a load with manly pride,
When my feet began to stutter and I fell into the gutter,
And a pig came up and lay down by my side.
Then I lay there in the gutter and my heart was all a-flutter,
Till a lady, passing by, did chance to say:
"You can tell a man that boozes by the company he chooses,"
Then the pig got up and slowly walked away.
TLP, that's fantastic.
What that is, is The Famous Pig Song
(Clarke Van Ness, music by F. Henri Klickmann)
Nessa! So wonderful to finally hear your voice.
Doug -- I am much enjoying the story! Keep writing ....
Loved it.
Makes me want to stand outside the butcher shop - if there were one around here - with a sign saying
"pigs are people too".
Love it!! Bravo!!!!
I felt downright happy during this whole episode.
I also had a hankering for custard.
:-)
Thanks, Actonbell, I have hope for the pair in subsequent sections.
Never heard of them, TLP, but I just became a fan.
Thanks, Quilly. I'm trying to keep up with it, honest.
Pigs are people, Cooper, and people are pork.
Haha, JD. I did, too. And wildberry custard sounds great, but the fictional version isn't very filling and I have no idea where to find the real thing.
I always wanted to live in a stone hut with a thatched roof. Of course, that desire wouldn't last long if I ever did.
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